Beijing: 'Don't Copy the Olympic Logo'
Just my luck. The day I was going to unveil the new logo for Flumesday (pictured right), this has to happen. The legal affairs department for the Olympic Organizing Committee announced Tuesday that any "mischievous parody" of the Olympic emblem is subject to legal action. Like we're in America or something. I know what you're thinking. That my new logo is a total copy of the Beijing Olympic logo. And while I admit they do look similar, there are some major differences. First, there is no mention of "Beijing 2008" in my new logo, only Flumesday.com. Second, in the Olympic logo, the stick figure is dancing. In my new logo, he's power-walking. And those circles on the bottom aren't Olympic rings at all, they are colored rubber bands like the ones people used to have on their braces. I tried to explain all of this to my "lawyer," but he didn't budge. So whatever, I won't be using it. The world's loss. And it's all because of, what the China Daily calls, some "mischievous netizens" who altered the image to make men's and women's bathroom signs. I call that creative. But the Committee calls it copyright infringement. An officer for the Committee's legal affairs team called such recreation of the logo "highly improper" and "a desecration of the Olympic spirit." As someone who takes the Olympic spirit very seriously, I have decided to let this one go.

China Daily: Infringers on Olympic Emblem Should Bear Legal Liability

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